Welcome to theses pages on Glasgow and its Tunnels. From April 2016 to May 2017 I spent several very enjoyable days hiking around the wonderful
city that is Glasgow,
the main reason was to track as many of the disused tunnels, but also to pick up any interesting bits of the steam age railway
that remains.
The city once had a very extensive suburban system, some of it still remains and fortunately some of it has been re-opened. These pages are not intended as a
complete record of the area and will be added to over time. Any comments or observations will be most welcome, especially in naming some of the bridges
and
viaducts, traditional the railways named their viaducts after the river or valley they crossed, the Kelvin River had at least Nine railway bridges over it in the space
of a couple of miles, so naming is very difficult.I have tried as best I can to describe the locations, but some areas especially some tunnels get rather
comlicated. The map below will show a thumbnail when hovering over a location and clicking will take you to the larger images and more detailed maps, alternatively
clicking on one of the names below the map will take you to the images.

Looking across the Clyde from the original station, showing how the tracks were slewed when the original
Clyde Bridge was closed.Glasgow Central 02/04/2016

Glasgow Central 02/04/2016

Glasgow Central 02/04/2016

Glasgow Central 02/04/2016

Glasgow Central 02/04/2016

Glasgow Central 05/05/2017

Glasgow Central 05/05/2017

Glasgow Central 05/05/2017

Glasgow Central 05/05/2017

Glasgow Central 05/05/2017

Glasgow Central 05/05/2017

Subterranean Glasgow Central 19/05/2017

The original Cab entrance to Glasgow Central 05/05/2017

The abandoned low level island platform at Glasgow Central 05/05/2017

The Clyde bridge approaches to Glasgow Central 02/04/2016

The Clyde bridge approaches to Glasgow Central 02/04/2016

One of the abandoned piers of the original Clyde Bridge.02/04/2016

Looking south across the Clyde showing the remains of the original 1879 bridge.02/04/2016

Looking towards the buffer stops, two piers of the origianl bridge.02/04/2016

Underneath The Clyde Bridge gives you a good idea of the scale and workmanship involved.02/04/2016

A good overall view showing both Clyde bridges looking south.02/04/2016

Glasgow Bridge St Station circa 1895.

Just south of the Clyde is the site of Bridge St station, pre-dating Central and only closing when the enlargement
of Central took place in 1905. The original buildings were on the left in this picture, demolished in 1971,
the building shown here is the huge extension from 1888 which still survives,
but in these days of sealed windows on trains is not easy to photograph. 20/10/2016

Glasgow Bridge St Station. 20/10/2016

Glasgow Bridge St Station. 05/05/2017

Polmadie Engine Shed circa 1895.

No visit to Glasgow would be complete without a mention of Polmadie Engine Shed. 20/10/2016
Sadly these photos are nothing more than a snapshot out of a passing train window of the once historic site.

Polmadie Engine Shed. 20/10/2016
Heading back south later in the evening as the sun was setting
I could picture the Pacifics brewing up, as they were prepared for their overnight runs into England.

Heading west from Glasgow Central Low Level the first station you come to is Anderston Cross.
Not the prettiest of stations or areas,
but significant as this route from Partick to Rutherglen was mostly closed in
1964 only for a more enlightened railway and local authority to re-open it in 1979, what a colossal
waste of money to
close it in the first place, fortuantely Scotland today does have some forward thinking
people unlike their useless conterparts in London.
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Next stop the re-opened Stobcross Station, today called Exhibition Centre, looking east towards the city.
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Circa 1895 map showing the vast stretch of lines on the north Quay, now virtualy all gone, most if not all of the water shown on this map has been in-filled.
The line from Central comes into Stobcross at the bottom right, their is a junction shortly after, with one line (Still open)
continuing towards Partick
and the
other (Now closed) heading north to Kelvin Bridge. The Queen St Low Level line can be seen towards the top heading through the long closed Finnieston Station.

The East Portal of Stobcross Depot Tunnel, this is at the end of the platform at
Stobcross Station, just inside the tunnel their was a junction for the Kelvin Bridge route.
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Looking west at the site of Finnieston Station closed in 1916.
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Road level view of Finnieston Station, this is looking south
with the line to Charing Cross passing under the road from right to left.
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Looking west at Finnieston Station. 14/07/2016

Looking west where the Charing Cross-Partick line crosses the
Stobcross-Kelvin Bridge route, just past the supports for the overhead wires.
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The northern portal of Stobcross Depot Tunnel, where the Kelvin Bridge
route passes under the Charing Cross route, as seen in the previous photo.
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Turning around we see the Kelvin Bridge route heading north into the short St Vincent Crescent Tunnel.
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The northern portal of St Vincent Crescent Tunnel.
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Turning around again to look north the line went very shortly into Kelvingrove Tunnel on its way to kelvin Bridge.
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The northern portal of Yorkhill Tunnel, this is the
other
route from Stobcross making its way to Kelvinhaugh.
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Shortly after leaving Yorkhill Tunnel, out of shot to the right, the line
crossed the Kelvin and went into Kelvin Hall (Partick Central) Station, out of shot on the left.
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Circa 1895 map showing the Caledonian route from Stobcross under construction at Kelvin Hall. The north portal of Yorkhill Tunnel is
on the extreme right shortly followed by the bridge over the Kelvin and then almost immediately into Kelvin Hall (Partick Central)
Station
(Yet to be built). The line then passed through a short tunnel before entering a much longer one that passed under the North British Partick route,
shown on the middle left of the map. This whole area including the tunnels to the west of Kelvin Hall Station has been obliterated in the last year or two by building works.

The view looking East along the Kelvin. Kelvin Hall Station was where the trees
are on the left, the route crossed the bridge into Yorkhill Tunnel towards Stobcross.
The station was originaly called Partick Central but was re-named kelvin Hall in 1959.
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Looking towards Kelvin Hall Station across the Kelvin.
11/10/2016

Looking south at Kelvin Hall Station, the line ran from left (Stobcross) to right (Partick West).
Sadly I was just to late, the station building on the bridge had only been demolished in the past year.
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Kelvin Hall Station looking east. The stub of the Island platform can just be seen to the right of the skip.
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Kelvin Hall Station. 14/07/2016

Kelvin Hall Station looking west. The row of trees mark the platform, with the river just the other side.
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This is the North British route from Charing Cross to Partick, crossing Kelvinhaugh Arches.
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The other side of the arches looking towards Partick. 14/07/2016

Kelvinhaugh Arches. 14/07/2016

Bridge over Sandyfoot St at Kelvinhaugh. 14/07/2016

North British bridge across the Kelvin at Ferry Rd. 14/07/2016

North British bridge across the Kelvin at Ferry Rd. 14/07/2016

The following photos are taken in the Riverside Museum, a little too clinical for my liking ,
but the main reason for visiting was to see Glen Douglas and the Bassett-Lowke model of H.M.S. Hood.
14/07/2016